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wiggy:
Bought replacement GB Micro battery 1.5 months ago on eBay. Shows up, pigtail clip totally doesn't fit. I try to modifiy it with an Xacto in order to get it to fit and the wires fell off. I re-solder, get the connector modded, plug it in and the damned thing goes from cool as a cucumber to WTF?! hot in about 5 seconds.
Contact seller, he implies that I bought the wrong thing. I tell him, "NO, it says replacement for OXY-003, which is exactly what I need." He offers a replacement, which will surely be the same piece of shit that I already have. 3 weeks later it hasn't arrived.
Left negative feedback and filed claim. The guy tells me he'll refund me if I remove the feedback. Um, no. That's called extortion.
larryinc64:
How much would he refund? The battery can't be more than 5$.
Edit: After a look-up it seems they go for 20$ or so. How much are you out?
wiggy:
Just 12 bucks with shipping. I'm not worried about the money, but I don't want this guy thinking that he can use extortion to get what he wants.
I went with a far nicer non-OEM replacement after this experience. It was about 25 bucks with shipping, but I'd rather have a working battery than a time bomb in my micro. I wish Nintendo still supported the damned thing >:(
wiggy:
The seller now wants me to ship the item back for a refund. Right, that's worth my time. I escalated the case at 9 am today and eBay found in my favor about 15 minutes ago (11:45). That was painless and now I have an extra 12 bucks to spend on SFC games and more GBA systems that I don't really need :P
Rx_79:
In my ebay time i have ran into several ebay jerks, once I won an auction for a complete set of Deep Space Nine. And when it arrived, it was a cheap hong kong knock off, so I contact the lady and she tells me that it isnt a bootleg, and these are authentic dvds. Note the box isnt even in the same ballpark. So I send the set back at my expense, With a tracking number. However she still refused to refund my money, so I had to have my bank come in and they refunded my money.